Challenges and opportunities for the biodegradation of chlorophenols: Aerobic, anaerobic and bioelectrochemical processes

K Yang, Y Zhao, M Ji, Z Li, S Zhai, X Zhou, Q Wang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Chlorophenols (CPs) are highly toxic and refractory contaminants which widely exist in
various environments and cause serious harm to human and environment health and safety …

Biochar-mediated abiotic and biotic degradation of halogenated organic contaminants–A review

M Dorner, S Lokesh, Y Yang, S Behrens - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prevailing global increases in population, urbanization, and agricultural production are
causing increased pressures on water resources, especially as the use of chemicals in …

Improve niche colonization and microbial interactions for organohalide-respiring-bacteria-mediated remediation of chloroethene-contaminated sites

R Wu, R Shen, Z Liang, S Zheng, Y Yang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB)-mediated reductive dehalogenation is promising in
in situ bioremediation of chloroethene-contaminated sites. The bioremediation efficiency of …

Spatial distribution, bioconversion and ecological risk of PCBs and PBDEs in the surface sediment of contaminated urban rivers: a nationwide study in China

Q Lu, Y Liang, W Fang, KL Guan, C Huang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surface sediments of polluted urban rivers can be a reservoir of hydrophobic persistent
organic pollutants (POPs). In this study, we comprehensively assessed the contamination of …

Salinity determines performance, functional populations, and microbial ecology in consortia attenuating organohalide pollutants

G Xu, X Zhao, S Zhao, MJ Rogers, J He - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Organohalide pollutants are prevalent in coastal regions due to extensive intervention by
anthropogenic activities, threatening public health and ecosystems. Gradients in salinity are …

Bioremediation of organohalide pollutants: progress, microbial ecology, and emerging computational tools

G Xu, S Zhao, J Liu, J He - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organohalide chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are prevalent …

Resuscitation-promoting factor accelerates enrichment of highly active tetrachloroethene/polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating cultures

X Su, M Xie, Z Han, Y Xiao, R Wang… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The anaerobic bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is largely impeded by
difficulties in massively enriching PCB dechlorinators in short periods of time …

Bioremediation of typical chlorinated hydrocarbons by microbial reductive dechlorination and its key players: A review

Z Xiao, W Jiang, D Chen, Y Xu - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Chlorinated hydrocarbon contamination in soils and groundwater has a severe negative
impact on the human health. Microbial reductive dechlorination is a major degradation …

Environmental occurrence and remediation of emerging organohalides: A review

H He, Y Li, R Shen, H Shim, Y Zeng, S Zhao, Q Lu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
As replacements for “old” organohalides, such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),“new” organohalides have been developed, including …

Potential Role of Methanogens in Microbial Reductive Dechlorination of Organic Chlorinated Pollutants In Situ

J Yuan, S Li, J Cheng, C Guo, C Shen… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Previous studies often attribute microbial reductive dechlorination to organohalide-respiring
bacteria (OHRB) or cometabolic dechlorination bacteria (CORB). Even though …